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  • 10 Favs; 10 Years: The Evangelical Environmental Awakening, Part 1

    Nov 26, 2014, 8:30 am By the green skeptic
    I've long been concerned by the exclusiveness of the environmental movement and was especially struck by the suspicions aroused in the deep greens when the Christian right started getting interested in climate change and the environment, as if the environment…
  • 10 Favs; 10 Years: Kalyan Paul and Grassroots, Integrated Solutions in the Indian Himalayas

    Nov 25, 2014, 9:24 am By the green skeptic
    In recognition of The Green Skeptic's 10th Annivesary, I'm hand-picking ten of my personal favorite posts from the last decade. Here's the first, from 2008, a post about a visit I made to Ashoka-fellow Kalyan Paul in the Indian Himalayas. --SEAKalyan and…
  • It Was Ten Years Ago Today...and I'm Thankful

    Nov 24, 2014, 1:47 pm By the green skeptic
    Today is the 10th Anniversary of The Green Skeptic blog. Whether you've been with me for ten years (and please do let me know if you have) or recently came across my blog for the first time I want to say THANK YOU! Hard to believe I've been doing this --…
  • Nat Bullard's Four Moments in Cleantech Time

    Oct 31, 2014, 8:33 am By the green skeptic
    My pal Nat Bullard of Bloomberg New Energy Finance kicked off EY's 4th annual Cleantech CEO Retreat, which I hosted a couple of weeks ago, with a look back.Here is his post from his Sparklines email newsletter, reprinted with his permission:Four moments in…
  • Nat Bullard's Four Moments in Cleantech Time

    Oct 31, 2014, 8:33 am By the green skeptic
    My pal Nat Bullard of Bloomberg New Energy Finance kicked off EY's 4th annual Cleantech CEO Retreat, which I hosted a couple of weeks ago, with a look back.Here is his post from his Sparklines email newsletter, reprinted with his permission:Four moments in…
  • Review: SUPERSTORM: Nine Days Inside Hurricane Sandy by Kathryn Miles

    Oct 29, 2014, 6:21 pm By the green skeptic
    Two years ago tonight, Superstorm Sandy hit New York with a vengeance. Whatever you call her: hurricane, superstorm, Frankenstorm, Sandy was a massive, monster storm.  Sandy was the second costliest hurricane in recorded history. Only 2005’s Hurricane…
  • Review: SUPERSTORM: Nine Days Inside Hurricane Sandy by Kathryn Miles

    Oct 29, 2014, 6:21 pm By the green skeptic
    Two years ago tonight, Superstorm Sandy hit New York with a vengeance. Whatever you call her: hurricane, superstorm, Frankenstorm, Sandy was a massive, monster storm.  Sandy was the second costliest hurricane in recorded history. Only 2005’s Hurricane…
  • Top 10 Reasons You Won't See Me at the People's Climate March

    Sep 19, 2014, 5:05 pm By the green skeptic
    "This is an invitation to change everything." Right.  So says the notice about the (so-called) People's Climate March. It goes on to say,  "In September, world leaders are coming to New York City for a UN summit on the climate crisis. UN Secretary­ General…
  • Top 10 Reasons You Won't See Me at the People's Climate March

    Sep 19, 2014, 5:05 pm By the green skeptic
    "This is an invitation to change everything." Right.  So says the notice about the (so-called) People's Climate March. It goes on to say,  "In September, world leaders are coming to New York City for a UN summit on the climate crisis. UN Secretary­ General…
  • My Top 5 Reasons Cleantech Is Alive and Well

    4:18pm By the green skeptic
    Here's My Top 5 reasons cleantech is alive and well:  1.) China. China finally seems poised to address its outrageous pollution problem. The Beijing Municipal Bureau of Environmental Protection estimates it will cost China upwards of $800 billion to clean…
  • My Top 5 Reasons Cleantech Is Alive and Well

    4:18pm By the green skeptic
    Here's My Top 5 reasons cleantech is alive and well:  1.) China. China finally seems poised to address its outrageous pollution problem. The Beijing Municipal Bureau of Environmental Protection estimates it will cost China upwards of $800 billion to clean…
  • Ideas on Energy: Mid-Atlantic Energy Technology Forum Looks to the Industry’s Future

    Apr 17, 2014, 11:47 am By the green skeptic
    (Note: This is reposted from my friends at Pepper Hamiliton LLP, co-hosts of the Mid-Atlantic Energy Technology Forum with the Cleantech Alliance Mid-Atlantic, of which I am co-founder.) The future of the energy industry; the technologies with the potential to…
  • Coming Up: 6th Annual Mid-Atlantic Energy Tech Investment Forum

    Mar 3, 2014, 4:22 pm By the green skeptic
    Six years. We've been running these cleantech and energy tech investment forums for six years. And by "we" I mean my co-founder of the Cleantech Alliance Mid-Atlantic, Kevin Brown of Hobbs & Towne, and me, along with our pal Tom Dwyer, who was part of the…
  • Coming Up: 6th Annual Mid-Atlantic Energy Tech Investment Forum

    Mar 3, 2014, 4:22 pm By the green skeptic
    Six years. We've been running these cleantech and energy tech investment forums for six years. And by "we" I mean my co-founder of the Cleantech Alliance Mid-Atlantic, Kevin Brown of Hobbs & Towne, and me, along with our pal Tom Dwyer, who was part of the…
  • My Key Take-Aways from the Cleantech Innovation Summit 2014

    Mar 3, 2014, 1:35 pm By the green skeptic
    "There's more optimism than ever for cleantech,"according to Raj Atluru of SilverLake Kraftwerk. Atluru was speaking at the Cleantech Innovation Summit in Newport Beach, California last week.His was not the only optimism to be heard on the dais, in the…
  • Can Crowdfunding Help Cleantech Ride the Big Data Wave?

    Feb 26, 2014, 10:40 am By the green skeptic
    "Big data is a coming wave of 'green gold,'" says Nick Eisenberger of Pure Energy Partners."Information technology will be the most powerful tool to address resource challenges in our lifetime." Eisenberger was speaking at the Markle Foundation offices in New…
  • My Key Take-Aways from the Cleantech Innovation Summit 2014

    Feb 21, 2014, 12:28 pm By the green skeptic
    "There's more optimism than ever for cleantech,"according to Raj Atluru of SilverLake Kraftwerk. Atluru was speaking at the Cleantech Innovation Summit in Newport Beach, California last week.His was not the only optimism to be heard on the dais, in the…
  • If I Could Speak at Davos: My Top 5 Reasons Cleantech's Is Alive and Well

    Jan 22, 2014, 5:18 pm By the green skeptic
    My colleague who posts as @EY_Cleantech had an interesting tweet this morning. She posited the question, If you could speak at the World Economic Forum on cleantech, what would you say? Here is my answer.Cleantech isn't dead. It hasn't crashed, hasn't lost…
  • Can Crowdfunding Help Cleantech Ride the Big Data Wave?

    Jan 21, 2014, 5:00 pm By the green skeptic
    "Big data is a coming wave of 'green gold,'" says Nick Eisenberger of Pure Energy Partners."Information technology will be the most powerful tool to address resource challenges in our lifetime." Eisenberger was speaking at the Markle Foundation offices in New…
  • Number 9 Dream and a Note of Thanks to Readers

    Nov 25, 2013, 11:27 am By the green skeptic
    Nine years ago yesterday I wrote my first blog post here The Green Skeptic. Some 900+ posts later, my come more slowly and less frequently as other forms of writing and communication have usurped the blog's domination, but it's still chugging along.As John…
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